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exfiltration

American  
[eks-fil-tray-shuhn] / ˌɛks fɪlˈtreɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of exfiltrating.


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As the aviator hid from Iranian forces, the agency spread false word inside the country that the U.S. military had already located the downed airman and were preparing to move him overland for exfiltration.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

The podcast for the first time identified the second CIA officer who accompanied Mendez, naming him as agency linguist and exfiltration specialist Ed Johnson.

From Seattle Times Oct. 11, 2023

"We are lucky there hasn't been any exfiltration of data because that would have been embarrassing."

From BBC Jul. 28, 2023

Multiple officials said the attack was targeted at individual email accounts, rather than a large-scale exfiltration of data, which Chinese hackers are suspected of having done before.

From New York Times Jul. 12, 2023

MI6's instructions laid out an "exfiltration" plan that would be difficult under the best of circumstances.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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